Re: Anyone shoot hockey with their digital?

[Paul Stenquist]

I misread your question. You asked about checking white balance. If you 
shoot RAW, you can just leave it on auto, and you'll come close enough 
to easily correct it in conversion. If not, you might want to set it 
manually. You can probably find something close enough to white to get 
an accurate reading, perhaps even the ice or the boards.
On Nov 25, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I've shot hockey. If you take a meter reading off the ice, you'll 
grossly underexpose. Find something neutral that is getting as much 
light as the ice (like a grey or greens shirt for example) and 
spotmeter on that. Or if you can get to the ice, take a reading with 
an incident meter. I've found that a 200mm lens is good if you can get 
fairly close to the ice, but I've also shot with a 400 and monoped 
from further up in the stands. If you can get on the ice during a 
practice session, you could get some nice tight stuff with a 135. Part 
of the problem is the glass that extends around the rink to keep the 
puck in. On a lot of amateur rinks its scratched up plexi. Finding  a 
place to shoot through it or over it can be a problem. I once had an 
opportunity to shoot from the penalty box. That worked out well.
On Nov 25, 2004, at 7:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

          				
          	A friend at work(in our print department)has asked me to 
take some shots of his
young
lad playing hockey so that he can put a collage together for his wife 
as a Christmas
present. I have no
problem doing this as he has done a ton of favours for me at work.

 I know my camera and the istD can do present WB for unusual 
situations, like this. Any
one have
experience at hockey. Do i set the preset from the ice or the general 
lighting from what
may be over
head. I'll be shooting Jpg and Raw,but i still dont have anything 
worthy of working with
Raw yet,nor
does our print department. May try Elements 3 or just buy the dam 
Nikon Capture for
$150.00.:-)

Dave